Saudi reinforcements arrived to Mahrah

MAHRAH, June 28 (YPA) – Saudi occupation forces have on Sunday pushed new reinforcements into Mahrah province, eastern Yemen, local sources reported.

According to the sources, the Saudi reinforcements included Giant cranes, in a sign of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to extend and lay the oil pipeline, which is opposed by social and tribal forces in the province located on the Arabian Sea.

The move coincides with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC)’s incursion into the province bordering Amman with a green light from the coalition.

Saudi Arabia’s new moves came as the STC continued to take over more directorates with demonstrations supporting it.

Several directorates including al-Masilah, Huswain, Sayhutand  Hawf have witnessed new demonstrations, all of which have declared support for the self-administration of the STC, while the council is preparing to hold a new demonstration in Qishn district.

The demonstrations come in the context of a Saudi escalation that threatens tribal forces opposed to the “occupation” plan to turn the province into a gateway for exporting Saudi oil to the world through the Arabian Sea.

The commander of Saudi forces and UAE intelligence officers had met with some of the STC’s leader the before demonstrations, and demanded that they escalate, paving the way for the overthrow of the province.

E.M